Hq 492nd
BG
Sanders Crew
As Group Operations officer Sanders had no
static crew and therefor most of his flights had a unique crew. On average he
flew no more than one mission per month. His early period flights amounted to
only eight missions, he piloted four C-47 missions, no gas-haul missions
and appears in the Late Period Log only five times (one was a scrub). His last
recorded flight occurred on the night of 6/7Mar45.
Sanders' B24 missions (early period)
Sanders' C47 Missions (early period)
MR 0003 04/05 Jan 44
C47 05 25/26 Aug 44
MR 0011 06/07 Jan 44
C47 09 27/28 Aug 44
MR 0341 03/04 May 44
C47 12 02/03 Sep 44
MR 0467 24/25 May 44
C47 32 14 Sep 44
MR 0647 14/15 Jun 44
MR 0669 18/19 Jun 44
MR 1430 04/05 Aug 44
MR 1674 16/17 Aug 44
Agent Insertions/Attempted
MR 0467 DZ Clergyman 4A (1) No drop
MR 1430 DZ Benz 1
(2) Sussex Team - Albert Bacquet & Marceau Darques
Sander's
Late
Period Log Entries
25/26 Feb 45
01/02 Mar 45 Scrubbed
02/03 Mar 45
05/06 Mar 45
06/07 Mar 45
Mission reports for the late period are pending.
Robert Boone identified Sanders in the picture below:
Click here for Sanders' OSS Profile page.
Sanders' Mission Reports
Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to
European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
Carpetbagger C47
Missions (Jul-Sep
44)
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
Serial Number Index of B24s
Station 179 Operations Log (handwritten
Apr44-Jul45)
Station 179 Operations
Log (transcribed
Sep44-Jul45)
Available on Request:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44 (On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Chronology of SOE
Operations with the Resistance In France During WWII" by
Foot & Boxhall
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies
Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
